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Editor's pick: Have we blown our chance on climate – or not? (1)

From
Blaise Bullimore, Tiers Cross, Pembrokeshire, UK

I agree wholeheartedly with your exhortation not to blow the chance to save our climate (Leader, 8 December 2018). But barring a major miracle, it is game over: not for saving the planet itself, of course – despite the universal shorthand, it will survive in some state or other – but for saving a planet fit for supporting humanity and a good slice of other life forms.

The necessary timescales for the essential, tough actions you describe in the same edition (p 31) leave no place for optimism. Let's set aside for a moment the likes of Trump and the …